Subpart SS – Manufacture of Electric Transmission and Distribution Equipment
This page provides resources for subpart SS reporters, including implementation information as well as supporting documents for relevant rulemakings.
Summary
Electric equipment manufacturers and refurbishers include facilities that manufacture and/or refurbish sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)- or perfluorocarbons (PFCs)-insulated closed-pressure equipment and sealed-pressure equipment including gas-insulated substations, circuit breakers and other switchgear, gas-insulated lines, or power transformers containing SF6 or PFCs.
Reporter Resources
- Subpart SS Information Sheet
- Subpart SS Monitoring Checklist
- Subpart SS Factsheet
- Training Presentations
Subpart SS Regulatory History
| Federal Register Date | Citation | Action | Description | First reporting year impacted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/25/2024 | 89 FR 31802 | Final Rule |
Updates global warming potentials (GWPs), expands the GHGRP to new source categories, and revises the requirements for certain sectors to improve the data collected and program implementation. |
2024 (updated GWPs for existing reporters) 2025 (all other changes) |
| 12/11/2014 | 79 FR 73750 | Final Rule | Adds chemical-specific and default global warming potentials (GWPs) for fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-GHGs) and fluorinated heat transfer fluids (F-HTFs) to the general provisions of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule, makes conforming changes to subpart I (Electronics Manufacturing) and subpart L (Fluorinated Gas Production), amends certain provisions of subpart L, and establishes confidentiality determinations for certain reporting requirements of subpart L. Correction Notice (12/2014) (pdf) (1 p, 230K) Final Preamble and Rule (11/2014) (pdf) (48 pp, 796K) Response to Comments (12/2014) Fact Sheet (12/2014) (pdf) (45 KB) Proposed Preamble and Rule (1/10/2012) (pdf) (19 pp, 222K) Proposed Preamble and Rule (9/11/2013) (pdf) (31 pp, 550K) Proposed Rule (11/19/2013) (pdf) (24 pp, 400K) Proposed Preamble and Rule (7/31/2014) (pdf) (21 pp, 370K) Notice of Data Availability (pdf) (6 pp, 251K) |
2014 |
| 11/29/2013 | 78 FR 71904 | Final Rule | Updates global warming potentials (GWPs) to reflect IPCC AR4 values, and amends 27 subparts to improve and clarify reporting requirements. Establishes confidentiality determinations for new and revised data elements. Final Preamble and Rule (11/2013) (pdf) (79 pp, 935K) Correction Notice (11/2013) (pdf) (2 pp, 248K) Response to Comments (11/2013) Fact Sheet (11/2013) (pdf) (37.6 KB) Memo: Table of Final 2013 Revisions to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule (pdf) (1 MB) Proposed Preamble and Rule (4/2/2013) (pdf) (77 pp, 909K) |
2014 |
| 08/13/2012 | 77 FR 48072 | Final Rule | Establishes confidentiality determinations for most data elements to be reported under subparts I, W, DD, FF, II, QQ, RR, SS, TT, and UU; defers the deadline for reporting certain recently added data elements that are inputs to emission equations in subparts W, FF, and TT; finalizes amendments to subpart I to remove the requirement for a facility using Best Available Monitoring Methods (BAMM) to recalculate the previous reporting years’ emissions and resubmit to EPA. Final Preamble and Rule (8/2012) (pdf) (88 pp, 287K) Response to Comments (8/2012) Fact Sheet (8/2012) (pdf) (44 KB) Proposed Preamble and Rule (1/10/2012) (pdf) (19 pp, 230K) Proposed Preamble and Rule (2/22/2012) (pdf) (17 pp, 212K) Proposed Preamble and Rule (2/24/2012) (pdf) (23 pp, 261K) More Information on 8/2012 Final Rule |
2011 |
| 11/29/2011 | 76 FR 73866 | Final Rule | Amends subparts A, W, FF, II, OO, RR, and TT to clarify reporting requirements and correct technical and editorial errors. Final Preamble and Rule (11/2011) (pdf) (25 pp, 341K) Response to Comments (11/2011) Fact Sheet (11/2011) (pdf) (48 KB) Proposed Preamble and Rule (8/4/2011) (pdf) (30 pp, 427K) More Information on Technical Corrections |
2011 |
| 12/01/2010 | 75 FR 74774 | Final Rule | Adds subparts I, L, DD, QQ, and SS, which are sources of fluorinated GHGs, to 40 CFR Part 98. Response to Comments (12/2010) Proposed Preamble and Rule (4/12/2010) (pdf) (72 pp, 546K) Proposed Rule (4/10/2009) (pdf) (3.0 MB) Proposed Preamble (4/10/2009) (pdf) (3.7 MB) Subpart SS Fact Sheet (pdf) (41 KB) Subpart SS Technical Support Document: Electric Equipment Manufacture or Refurbishment and Manufacturing of Electrical Components (pdf) (146 KB) Subpart SS Economic Impact Assessment (pdf) (477 KB) More Information on Subparts I, L, DD, QQ |
2011 |